Tube Chop provides an easier way to locate a specific part in a video for your classroom use and focus students on the most important part of a video. Chop pieces of You Tube videos easily and effortlessly in as little as a few steps.
Would you like to be able to call another teacher or mentor and actually hear their voice? See their computer screen? See them in person (webcam)? Have someone control your screen to show you something? Would you like to collaborate with other teachers or classes? Have an online meeting? Lync will do all of this and much more.
Storybird is an online platform which allows readers and writers to seamlessly create individual or collaborative writing pieces within their own schools or with their global peers. Storybirds are short, art-inspired writing pieces which can be made on any electronic device. Students choose from an enormous database of artwork curated from professional illustrators and animators from around the world. Watch as students get inspired and motivated to create their best writing content yet!”
What do Thing Link, Class Dojo, Remind 101, and Brain Pickings all have in common? They are all great ideas tech mentors in OEC have tried and posted on their site: 195 Days-Ideas for the Classroom. The ideas vary from presentation ideas, communication with parents, class starters and great lesson plan sites.
GoPro bills itself as the world’s most versatile camera. It is a “wearable” camera that can capture high-definition videos and photos. Its attachments allows it to be hooked to just about anything. They are widely used by professionals and hobbyists to provide a unique perspective of wildlife, surfing, and professional auto racing. Come find out how we can use them to tell stories of learning!
Scratch is the easy-to-learn-code application that teaches many great skills and concepts from logic and sequence to
conditional statements and variables. This session will focus on curriculum integration ideas, classroom and project management and resources for getting started. As whole class (MSTE) or as a learning station,
Audacity is an open-source (aka 100% free) program for recording, editing and exporting sound files. It can be used to record a voice track that can be exported into other programs, or to mix music, narration and sound effects together into a single file. Student podcasting, creating audiobooks, and adding sounds to other projects are just a few of the possibilities for your class.
Twitter is hugely popular, social media service. Tweeting opinions, information or questions, come and learn how to connect
your class to the world,140 characters at a time.
Book Creator is a simple, $4.99 APP that can be used to create electronic books on an iPad. It allows the user to add text, images and sound. It works well at the elementary setting and can also be used by students with difficulties in the middle and high school grades.
Haiku Deck makes it easy for teachers to create impressive, media-rich presentations with little effort, and then share them with their students in almost any way imaginable. It is also available here in the Apple app store.
Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for classes to connect, collaborate, and share content. This is an introductory video on the basics of Edmodo for educators.
Remind 101 is a safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free. Click here to see the Remind101 Youtube tutorial channel. Remind 101 is also available in the Apple app store here.
Blendspace is a website that allows you to create lessons with digital content. It is a great tool to support differentiation or
project-based learning; the best part is that it is free and works on any device with a browser.
It's no secret that iPads come with several built-in features. This session will cover as many features as possible in 20 minutes.You may even be surprised by some of them!
This session covers several apps that are perfect for any elementary classroom. All the names of the apps and the coinciding
iTune's links can be found with the video here.
Tools for the French Immersion class – Bon Patron and Dys-Vocal are two immersion tools you don't want to miss! Dys-Vocal is software that requires an install on your lapotp. If you need a refresher on how to install software on your government laptop you can view a prior Tech20Tuesday on how to do so here.
YouTubefeatures several popular educational videos across many curricular topics and playing these videos have become common practice. This session will cover what options are available to save, manage and store these videos for future use.
Newsela builds close reading and critical thinking skills. Give your students a new way to climb the staircase of nonfiction reading comprehension, from fourth grade to college-ready.
Airserver allows you to mirror your iPad to your laptop which enables students to see your iPad screen on a SMART board. Mobile Mouse
is an app that allows you to use your iPad as a mouse and keyboard for your laptop giving you freedom to walk around your room and still
be able to control content on your SMART board.
Beyond the Slideshow: Getting a little more Power out of PowerPoint. This session covers a few neat tips that will make your presentations easier to navigate. .
Prezi is a virtual whiteboard that transforms presentations from monologues into conversations: enabling people to see, understand, and remember ideas.
QR codes(or Quick Response codes, to give them their full title) are two-dimensional bar codes which when scanned with the camera of a mobile device such as an iPad, Android tablet or smartphone can transfer web links, text and email addresses amongst other digital content quickly and easily to users.
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TubeChopmost important part of a video. Chop pieces of You Tube videos easily and effortlessly in as little as a few steps.
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Lync
them in person (webcam)? Have someone control your screen to show you something? Would you like to collaborate with
other teachers or classes? Have an online meeting? Lync will do all of this and much more.
Story Bird
pieces within their own schools or with their global peers. Storybirds are short, art-inspired writing pieces which can be made
on any electronic device. Students choose from an enormous database of artwork curated from professional illustrators and
animators from around the world. Watch as students get inspired and motivated to create their best writing content yet!”
195 Days
OEC have tried and posted on their site: 195 Days-Ideas for the Classroom. The ideas vary from presentation ideas,
communication with parents, class starters and great lesson plan sites.
Go Pro
photos. Its attachments allows it to be hooked to just about anything. They are widely used by professionals and hobbyists
to provide a unique perspective of wildlife, surfing, and professional auto racing. Come find out how we can use them to tell
stories of learning!
Scratch 2.0
conditional statements and variables. This session will focus on curriculum integration ideas, classroom and project
management and resources for getting started. As whole class (MSTE) or as a learning station,
Audacity
a voice track that can be exported into other programs, or to mix music, narration and sound effects together into a single file.
Student podcasting, creating audiobooks, and adding sounds to other projects are just a few of the possibilities for your class.
Twitter
your class to the world,140 characters at a time.
Book Creator
and sound. It works well at the elementary setting and can also be used by students with difficulties in the middle and high
school grades.
Haiku Deck
with their students in almost any way imaginable. It is also available here in the Apple app store.
Edmodo
basics of Edmodo for educators.
Weebly
as they are.
Remind101
Remind101 Youtube tutorial channel. Remind 101 is also available in the Apple app store here.
Blendspace
project-based learning; the best part is that it is free and works on any device with a browser.
Notebook
iPad
Elementary Apps
iTune's links can be found with the video here.
Immersion Tools
software that requires an install on your lapotp. If you need a refresher on how to install software on your government laptop you can view
a prior Tech20Tuesday on how to do so here.
common practice. This session will cover what options are available to save, manage and store these videos for future use.
Newsela
comprehension, from fourth grade to college-ready.
AirServer
is an app that allows you to use your iPad as a mouse and keyboard for your laptop giving you freedom to walk around your room and still
be able to control content on your SMART board.
Notebook
PowerPointto navigate.
.
Prezi
ideas.
QR Codes
of a mobile device such as an iPad, Android tablet or smartphone can transfer web links, text and email addresses amongst other digital content quickly and easily to users.